Comments on: How Do You Know You’re Working With A Bad Client?

By: Nighty

Nighty — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:47:14 +0000

Hi everyone, I just started as a freelance 3 month ago, and already have a client like the one discribed in this article.

Fortunatly for me, i see the end of the tunnel :).

I’m a webdeveloper, and for my next client i would like to make a contract that protect my interest in every way possible, but i can’t find any good model on the web.

do you have know a website that will provide that for me ?

By: sascha/hdrs

sascha/hdrs — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:16:25 +0000

How Do You Know You’re Working With A Bad Client?

Answer: If a company calls you in the evening and asks you if you have time from tomorrow morning to come to their office and fix the broken code of their new Flash website that just gone live. But if you ask if it’s written in ActionScript 2 or 3 they wonder what is ActionScript. … guaranty for a troublesome job, just had this a few minutes ago.

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By: Andy Stratton

Andy Stratton — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:48:26 +0000

Great post. Dealing with some of this now myself. When you’re tiny, and especially when starting out, you’re going to feel like you can’t bow out of a project. Getting any form of paying customer feels like gold — but sometimes even an above average rate isn’t worth the detriment the added stress and confusions a bad client can cause to both other projects and your personal life!

By: DiMonik

DiMonik — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:11:20 +0000

Funny, I just turned down a job for the first time last week. The client wanted everything for nothing, and wanted to supply me with copy and content, as I designed their website. Obviously I told them this could not be done. You dont build a house without blueprints do you? Anyway, after working it out and giving them my estimate, they counter-offered my estimate at $2000 less than I quoted, and told me “We have a deal, if I can do it for that”. I couldnt believe it. I told the client that, he shold get more estimates from other designers, and that I didnt I didnt think that this project was going to be financially viable for either of us, and I had to turn the project down. Well, three days later I get an email from the client. They had gotten other estimates and doubled my original quote. Needless to say, turning them down was the best thing I could have done. Now, I’ll make twice what I had originally estimated.

By: Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood

Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:03:36 +0000

This is an excellent article. My freelancer friends and I have been discussing this topic at length and have also hit these points that you have well articulated. Couldn’t agree more!

By: Como reconocer a un mal cliente « Creando mi propia empresa

Como reconocer a un mal cliente « Creando mi propia empresa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:47 +0000

[…] y los malos clientes, cuando alguien más ha leído mi pensamiento y ha escrito sobre lo mismo. En Freelance Switch, Rick Whittington habla de su experiencia con una clienta que le dio más problemas que beneficios. […]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:57:29 +0000

Who edits these posts? So many errors.

By: DunK

DunK — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:14:46 +0000

@luke: really good advice that. thanks. I shall keep that in mind.

By: Juanma Teixido

Juanma Teixido — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:27:26 +0000

Once you figure out you are dealing with a bad client, maybe it will be a good idea that you send him This letter. Dear Client: I’ve been meaning to send you this letter for quite a while now. I’m sorry I didn’t find the time to write it sooner, it was only because I was either too busy replying your 5th email about the new, updated Creative Brief for the website, or listing the 14 reasons why adding a Flash Intro to your homepage is not “cool” anymore. You can read the rest of the letter here.